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Leviticus 18

Lev. 18:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The nakedness
`ervah (Hebrew #6172)
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
KJV usage: nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: er-vaw'
Origin: from 6168
of thy father’s
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
a wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
shalt thou not uncover
galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
: it is thy father’s
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
nakedness
`ervah (Hebrew #6172)
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
KJV usage: nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: er-vaw'
Origin: from 6168
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1 Cor. 5:1• 1It is universally reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the nations, so that one should have his father's wife. (1 Cor. 5:1)

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Cross References

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Lev. 20:11• 11And a man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall certainly be put to death; their blood is upon them. (Lev. 20:11)
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Gen. 35:22• 22And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. And the sons of Jacob were twelve. (Gen. 35:22)
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Gen. 49:4• 4Impetuous as the waters, thou shalt have no pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's couch: Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my bed. (Gen. 49:4)
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Deut. 22:30• 30A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt. (Deut. 22:30)
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Deut. 27:20• 20Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; for he uncovereth his father's skirt! And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:20)
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2 Sam. 16:21‑22• 21And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to thy father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art become odious with thy father; and the hands of all that are with thee shall be strong.
 22So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. (2 Sam. 16:21‑22)
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Ezek. 22:10• 10in thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her separation. (Ezek. 22:10)
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Amos 2:7• 7panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name. (Amos 2:7)
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1 Cor. 5:1• 1It is universally reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the nations, so that one should have his father's wife. (1 Cor. 5:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.